Evaluation Criteria/Requirements
Classroom Participation and Case Study Preparation (30%)
Class attendance is required and meaningful participation is essential
Weekly One Page Case Previews (20%)
Due via email by 9:00PM the night before each case
Midterm Exam (20%)
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Course Outline
Module I: Accounting Prerequisites and Introduction to VC & PE
Session 1 (Tuesday, 1/24): Basic Concepts in Accounting and Course
Introduction
Online Tutorial:
Financial Accounting; Introductory Section. Harvard Business School.
2010.
Estimated seat time 8 hours
Reading:
How the Twinkie Made the Superrich Even Richer, New York Times,
December 11 2016.
Session 2 (Tuesday 1/31): Asset Classes and the Role of Venture Capital &
Private Equity
Reading:
Rogers, Steven; Et Al. Technical Note: The Private Equity Industry.
Kellogg School of Management. October 2005 Revision. p 1-8, 15-19.
(13 pages)
Gompers, Paul; Et Al. What Private Equity Investors Think They Do for
the Companies They Buy. Harvard Business Review. June 2015. (4
pages)
Additional Reading on Venture Capital TBD
Case:
Yale University Investments Office: February 2015. Harvard Business
School. October 2011.
Session 3 (Tuesday 2/7): Raising a Venture Capital Fund
Reading:
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